New housing strategy not doing enough to help rural residents reach ‘Canadian dream,’ remote communities left out, say opposition MPs

Liberal MP Bob Nault says change will happen as long as everything goes well with the provinces, but Conservative MPs James Bezan and Karen Vecchio and NDP MP Niki Ashton aren't so sure.

Liberal MP Bob Nault, pictured speaking with The Hill Times this week, says the National Housing Strategy will likely make a big dent in his rural riding's housing needs. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY EMILY HAWS

November 29, 2017

With no rural-specific programming, opposition MPs representing rural ridings say they are concerned the Liberals' new housing strategy is going to leave their constituents out in the cold. The National Housing Strategy, as announced Nov. 22, is a $40-billion plan to build more social housing unit...

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